COLORADO SPRINGS — After a week of rains that offered the first spring test of the Waldo Canyon burn scar, no serious flooding occurred and there has been no big shifting of debris in the forest, the National Weather Service office in Pueblo told The Gazette.

Although at least 8 inches of snow fell on the burn scar and anywhere between 1.2 and 1.5 inches of rain also fell, much of El Paso County remains in a heightened state of drought, along with the entire southeastern corner of the state.

The snow that fell Wednesday night on the burn scar mitigated the impact of the rainfall.

"Once again, we dodged a bullet," said meteorologist Mark Wankowski of the flood potential.